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This event involves introducing into the blood culture vial a germ that does not come from the patient`s blood but from the environment, the patient`s skin, or from the staff who collected it. To reduce the blood culture contamination rate, a wide range of strategies were proposed, such as the usage of alcohol-based antiseptics, the delegation of phlebotomy teams for blood culture collection, special blood culture collection kits, diversion of the first portion of blood, and the usage of sterile gloves together with educational programs for the medical personnel regarding blood . . .
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